Popular Front (Ukraine)

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Popular Front
Popular Front Ukraine logo.svg
Arseniy Yatsenyuk 2014-02-01.jpg
Party leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk
founding March 31, 2014
Place of foundation Kiev
Headquarters Kiev
Alignment Economic liberalism,
conservatism,
pro- EU
Colours) yellow blue
Parliament seats
0/450
Website http://nfront.org.ua/

The Popular Front ( Ukrainian Народний фронт / Narodnyj front ) is a company incorporated in March 2014 political party in Ukraine . The party leader of the party that emerged as the strongest parliamentary force in the parliamentary elections on October 26, 2014 is Arseniy Yatsenyuk .

founding

The formation of the party in March 2014 was initiated by Arsenij Yatsenjuk, Prime Minister of Ukraine, and Oleksandr Turchynow , Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Parliament and temporarily acting head of state. Both were leading members of the Fatherland Party , but fell out with Yulia Tymoshenko after her release from prison and formed the Popular Front with other party friends.

The first party conference took place on September 10, 2014, at which Yatsenyuk was elected chairman of the party and Turchynov chairman of the party headquarters.

program

The party's motto is "Сильна команда для складних часів" (in German "A strong team for difficult times" ).

The party is economically liberal , conservative and pro-European and advocates rapprochement with the European Union . She has spoken out in favor of violent fighting against the pro-Russian separatists, but has no clear position on this issue.

structure

Military council

The Military Council is a special body of the party and brings proposals to improve the defense readiness of Ukraine in the party. It was formed together with the other bodies at the first party congress on September 10, 2014. The party congress also decided on the composition of the military council. Members are: Oleksandr Turchynow, Arsen Avakow , Andrij Parubij , Dmytro Tymchuk , Serhiy Paschynskyj and some commanders of the Ukrainian militias.

Political Council

The Political Council was also formed at the first party congress and consists of: Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Oleksandr Turchynow, Arsen Avakov , the incumbent Minister of the Interior, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko , Andriy Parubiy , who headed the National Security and Defense Council from February to August 2014 , Tetiana Chornovol , a journalist, Majdan activist and former chairman of the anti-corruption Committee, further Liliya Hrynewytsch , Wiktorija Sjumar and Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko . The composition of the council is fixed for seven years.

Coordinating Council

The Popular Front has a coordinating council that includes the members of the Political Council and the regional leaders of the Popular Front.

General election 2014

List places

Yatsenjuk was chairman and top candidate in the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2014 , while Turchynov ran in third place. Tetjana Tschornowol took second place in the list. Andrij Parubij followed in fourth place, the fifth place on the list was held by Colonel and battalion commander Andrij Teteruk . Arsen Avakov ran for sixth place. Viktorija Sjumar , Vyacheslav Kyrylenko and Lilija Hrynewytsch followed in seventh to ninth place . Tenth place on the list was occupied by the Ukrainian major and battalion commander Yuriy Beresa , eleventh place was occupied by Pavlo Petrenko and in twelfth place was Serhiy Paschynskyj , who was head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine from March 5 to June 10, 2014 .

Result

The Popular Front emerged as the strongest party in the election and has already initiated coalition negotiations with the Petro Poroshenko bloc , the party alliance around President Petro Poroshenko . Yatsenyuk claimed the office of the new prime minister as the leader of the strongest party on October 30, 2014 and invited the four parties represented in the future parliament to exploratory talks for a coalition. On November 21, the five pro-European parties ( BPP , Popular Front, Oleh Lyashko's Radical Party , Fatherland and Self-Help ) presented a coalition agreement. On November 27, the new government was ratified by the Rada; Yatsenyuk was re-elected prime minister and the Popular Front provided four other ministers, including Oleksandr Turchynov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council .

On February 15, 2015 and the following days, the All-Ukrainian Association "Fatherland" of Yulia Tymoshenko and the liberal "Self-Help" ( Samopomitsch ) left the government coalition, with the result that the Yatsenyuk government no longer had a parliamentary majority.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was elected chairman of the Popular Front Party on Interfax.ua, accessed on October 24, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine - Extraordinary Elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine on October 26, 2014 ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 28, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvk.gov.ua
  3. ↑ Avakov expresses differences with the "fatherland" on lb.ua from August 27, 2014; accessed on October 28, 2014
  4. ^ Prime Minister Yatsenyuk elected chairman of the "Popular Front"; Oleksandr Turchynow - chairman of the party's headquarters ; in the Ukrainian Pravda of September 11, 2014, accessed on October 27, 2014
  5. ^ Tadeusz A. Olszański: Ukraine's political parties at the start of the election campaign. OSW — Center for Eastern Studies, September 17, 2014 , accessed October 27, 2014
  6. ↑ Parties and Elections in Europe , accessed October 27, 2014
  7. ↑ a b Leaders of the party on the party's official website , accessed on October 28, 2014
  8. ^ Popular Front formed a military council , on focus.ua; accessed on October 28, 2014
  9. ↑ Ukrainian Prime Minister and the President of Parliament become party leaders of the newly formed Popular Front Party , in en.ria.ru of September 10, 2014; Retrieved October 29, 2014
  10. ↑ Yatsenjuk and Turchynov lead the new Ukrainian party "Popular Front" on ria.ru on September 10, 2014; accessed on October 28, 2014
  11. ↑ Page of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 30, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cvk.gov.ua
  12. ↑ Latest analysis shows practically no change in the political configuration in the Kiev Post from October 27, 2014; accessed on October 27, 2014
  13. ^ "Pyotr Poroshenko's Bloc" and "Popular Front" by Arseniy Yatsenjuk want to form a coalition ; on de.ria.ru of October 27, 2014, accessed on October 27, 2014
  14. ↑ p.m .: After counting almost all the votes in the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, the pro-Western head of government Arseni Yazenjuk claimed the office of the new prime minister on focus.de on October 30, 2014, accessed on October 30, 2014
  15. ^ NZZ on the formation of a government
  16. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine appointing Oleksandr Turchynov as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 21, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.president.gov.ua
  17. ↑ Kiev's government crumbles - Tymoshenko party leaves coalition after failed vote of no confidence on DerStandard.at on February 17, 2016